REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Ss. CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
Лого на факултетот/
институтот
This Diploma Supplement follows the model developed by the European Commission, Council of Europe and
UNESCO/CEPES. The purpose of the Supplement is to provide sufficient independent data to improve the international
“transparency” and fair academic and professional recognition of qualifications. It is designed to provide a description of
the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that were pursued and successfully completed by the individual
named on the original qualification to which this supplement is appended.
Diploma supplement
1.
INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE HOLDER OF THE QUALIFICATION
1.1
Family Name
1.2
First Name
1.3
Date, place and country of birth
1.4
1.4 Personal Number
2.
INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE QUALIFICATION
2.1
Date of Issue
2.2
Name of Qualification
2.3
Main field(s) of study for the
qualification
2.4
Name and status of institution
awarding qualification
2.5
Name and status of institution
administering the qualification
(if different from the awarding one)
2.6
Language(s) of
instruction/examination
3.
INFORMATION ON THE LEVEL OF THE QUALIFICATION
3.1
Type of qualification
(academic/professional studies)
3.2
Level of qualifications
3.3
Official length of program (years
and ECTS credits)
003.4 Access requirements
4.
INFORMATION ON THE CONTENTS AND RESULTS GAINED
4.1
Mode of study
4.2
Program requirements
4.3
Program details
(module, grades, ECTS credits)
4.4
Grading System (scheme of grades
and criteria for receiving grade)
4.5
Average grade
5.
INFORMATION ON THE FUNCTION OF THE QUALIFICATION
5.1
Access to further study
5.2
Professional status
6.
6.1
7.
7.1
7.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information for the
student
Additional information for the
higher education institution
CERTIFICATION OF THE SUPPLEMENT
Date and place of issue
Name and Signature
7.3
7.4
Function
Seal
6.2
Code
The ECTS Grade is a relative grading indicating the learners performance within short.
Grades A to E assigned among students with a PASS grade.
Subject
Semester National
ECTS
mark
grade
Graduate thesis
ECTS
credits
8.
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
Types of higher education
Universities are higher education institutions which
institutions
deliver university study programs in many scientific,
professional and art areas in a great number of fields.
Universities may also deliver professional study
programs. Universities consist of faculties, art
academies, high professional schools and research
institutes. Universities and their constituent units
deliver study programs and perform scientific
research and other professional and art activities.
Public universities are founded by the Parliament of
the Republic of Macedonia and their activities are
regulated by the Law on Higher Education, while
private higher education institutions are established
by a nonprofit founder (foreign or domestic)
according to the Law on Higher Education and with
approval of the Macedonian Government.
Type of studies
Academic study programs prepare students to work in
the field of science, in the higher education, public
and private sector, as well as in wider society.
Graduates in academic study programs are also
educated to apply and develop scientific and
professional knowledge at appropriate level.
Professional study programs provide students with an
appropriate level of knowledge, skills and
competences to work in applied professions, and to
join any process immediately after graduation.
Accreditation of higher education Both higher education institutions and study programs
institution
should be evaluated in order to get accreditation. The
Accreditation Board performs the evaluation and
submits a report to the higher education institution or
proposed study programs and recommends the
minister to grant or deny an accreditation.
Structure of higher education
Since 2005, all study programs in R. Macedonia
academic study programs
express student workload in terms of ECTS credits. A
student can accumulate 60 ECTS credits per academic
year. Undergraduate university programs - first cycle
programs normally last for four years in which
students can accumulate 240 ECTS credits. Some of
the undergraduate university programs in R.
Macedonia are delivered as three year programs in
which students can accumulate 180 ECTS credits.
Upon completion students are awarded a document
called undergraduate diploma and the academic title
of University Baccalaureus with a reference to the
field of study. Students holding a first cycle university
degree can apply for admission at postgraduate
university programs (second cycle) or specialist
professional graduate programs or enter the labour
8.5
Structure of higher education
professional study programs
8.6
Access requirements
market.
Postgraduate university programs – second cycle
programs normally last for one year in which students
can accumulate 60 ECTS credits. Some of the
postgraduate programs in R. Macedonia are delivered
as two year programs in which students can
accumulate 120 ECTS credits. The total number of
credits accumulated for the first and second cycle
programs is at least 300 ECTS credits. Upon
completion students are awarded a document called
diploma and the academic title of Master with a
reference to the field of study.
Postgraduate university programs - third cycle
programs normally last for three years. Upon
completion students are awarded a document called
diploma and the academic degree of Doctor of
Science or Doctor of Arts with a reference to the field
and branch of science. Universities autonomously
determine whether ECTS credits will be awarded in
postgraduate study programs.
Professional programs – first cycle programs
normally last for three years in which the students can
accumulate 180 ECTS credits. A small number of
professional programs in Macedonia are delivered as
four year programs in which students can accumulate
240 ECTS credits. Upon completion students are
awarded the professional title of Professional
Baccalaureus with a reference to the field of study.
Exceptionally, students graduating from technical
sciences are awarded the professional title
Professional Baccalaureus Engineer with a reference
to the field of study. Students holding a first cycle
professional degree can apply for admission at
specialist professional graduate programs, to the
second cycle university program under special
conditions, or enter the labour market. Specialist
graduate professional programs – second cycle
normally last for two years in which the students
accumulate 120 ECTS credits. A small number of
specialist graduate professional programs in
Macedonia are delivered as one year programs in
which students accumulate 60 ECTS credits.
The total number of credits accumulated at first and
second cycle programs is at least 300. Upon
completion of specialist graduate professional
programs, students are awarded a document called
diploma and the professional title of Professional
Specialist with a reference to the field of study.
The minimum educational requirements for admission
to
undergraduate
university
academic
and
professional programs (first cycle programs) are set
by the higher education institutions. Normally, the
8.7
Grading system
minimum requirement for admission to undergraduate
university program is the completion of a four-year
secondary school and state matura.
The admissions process to first cycle programs at
Macedonian universities normally requires students to
present their secondary school grades. Candidates
apply for admission to Universities Contest with the
conditions set for entry.
The minimum educational requirement for enrolment
into postgraduate programs (second cycle) is
completion of an appropriate undergraduate program.
Normally, the requirement for enrolment into a
postgraduate university program is the completion of
an undergraduate university program. Students who
have completed the pre-Bologna undergraduate
program with duration of minimum 4 academic years
are allowed to apply for Bologna postgraduate
programs as well.
The Macedonian grading scheme consists of five
grades with numerical equivalents: 10 (excellent); 9
(very good); 8 (good); 7 (satisfactory); 6 (sufficient);
5 (fail). The minimum passing grade is 6 (sufficient).
There are no intermediate grades in the Macedonian
grading scheme. Some higher institutions use ECTS
grading scale in addition to the national grade scheme.